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Hines Family Papers (Sc 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hines Family Papers (Sc 523), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 523. Incoming letters, 1879-1899, to Edward Ludlow Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Civil War experiences of said Hines and James M. Hines as recorded by Edward Ludlow Hines; and reminiscences of Green River by John P. Hines, Bowling Green, as dictated to his wife in 1942.
Hardy, Nathaniel (Sc 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hardy, Nathaniel (Sc 473), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 473. Typed copies of letters written by Nathaniel Hardy of Louisville to his sister, Caroline Weston of Massachusetts, which relate family news and personal views about slavery, temperance and steamboat travel. Also, letter written by Caroline Sherrill to J.E. Hardy pertaining to these early letters and containing some family history written by a descendant in 1938.
Gibson, Otis Edward, 1930-1959 (Sc 528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gibson, Otis Edward, 1930-1959 (Sc 528), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 528. Letters and postcards from Gibson to his parents, Guy Lyons Gibson and Ruellma (Dowell) Gibson, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, while he was stationed in Europe with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. He describes his ocean crossing and relates his impressions of post-war Germany and England.
Coomes, Martin F., 1848-1919 (Sc 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coomes, Martin F., 1848-1919 (Sc 327), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 327. Paper (damaged, and therefore incomplete) entitled “History of Benjamin Linn, and his work as a Kentucky pioneer—Biographical sketch of John Ritchie—A Short Biographical Sketch of John Gilkey,” read by Dr. M. F. Coomes on 7 January 1895 before a regular meeting of The Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
‘‘Ticketed Through’’ The Commodification Of Travel In The Nineteenth Century, Will Mackintosh
‘‘Ticketed Through’’ The Commodification Of Travel In The Nineteenth Century, Will Mackintosh
History and American Studies
This article discusses the commodification of travel in United States during the 19th Century and the impact created by the rise of canals, steamboats, and commercial railroads.
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Giles, Janice (Holt), 1905-1979 (Sc 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscritps Small Collection 342. Letters (25) written by Mrs. Giles, an author of Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky, to her friends, Joe Covington and Mitchell Leichhardt, Bowling Green, Kentucky, relating much about her writings.